Autism, epilepsy and temporal lobe pathology;Autismo, epilepsia y patología del lóbulo temporal

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Garcia Penas J J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autism; Autistic regression; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Pervasive developmental disorders; Superior temporal sulcus; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; COGNITION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE; REVIEW; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 62549124197     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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